Posted on 02/19/2020 12:30:15 PM PST by karpov
Too late! That horse left the stable a looooooooooong time ago!
I know. I worked in Japan for 14 years. They favor foreign workers with needed skillsets and those willing to learn the native language and respect their hosts.
We need to do this.
From your perspective is the fact that Japan hasn’t grown in GDP per capita since 1995 visible to you there?
“”Now to kick out the several million fitting that description who flooded in over the last 20 years or so.””
I wonder how they’ll handle that “little” problem. They opened the gates and welcomed those without any of those qualifications.. WHOOPS!
The globalists would tell you that is because Japan is a mostly closed society not open to immigration.
Some of the natives would tell you that is because their population stopped growing and then begin to slowly decline and they made a conscious choice to accept that as a price for preserving their culture and stability.
They only need to look at Europe or, to a lesser extent, the United States and see the less attractive alternative of open borders.
One of my former business associates has actually written books on the topic. He told me that the declining population thing would work itself out. With less severe competition in the job market, wages would rise and encourage growth in family size.
I do not see that happening yet, but in my visits back since (I have family there), I have noticed a lower level of stress and crowding plus families willing to give up space in the suburbs in exchange for shorter commutes by living closer to work. Prices of some essential food commodities has actually dropped. For example, I remember paying about 130 yen per liter for milk when we moved away n 2002. When I was back to visit last March, the same liter of milk was 95 yen.
Of the “white”persuasion
Kneejerk cynicism has become rampant on FR in recent years.
It is sad to see.
That bit of sarcasm came from an eternal, unwavering Anglophile.
Thanks for the insights. Interesting that Japan has accepted that price, but can’t say I disagree with them.
Our Church had a presentation on Japan last Sunday. 38 million people in one city. Holy smoke. But the main point was how unreached by Christianity most Japanese are.
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